Ballet Shoe sizes?

Question

What is the normal size run for ballet shoes? Do they come up big or small to your normal shoe size or are they pretty much the same?

Answer 1

They vary enormously, depending on the brand, and the style. Width fittings also matter. When I wore soft shoes, I'd get two sizes smaller in leather (they stretched more) and one size smaller in satin. For pointe shoes, I had the same size in Freeds, and a size smaller in Gamba, although with different widths.

You really can't buy online, or guess a size - you have to try ballet shoes on.

Answer 2

Ballet Shoe Sizing

Answer 3

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Ballet Shoe sizes?
What is the normal size run for ballet shoes? Do they come up big or small to your normal shoe size or are they pretty much the same?

Answer 4

Are you asking about ballet slippers or pointe shoes??
Either way, the sizes ARE NOT the same as your street shoe size!

In ballet slippers:
*Bloch's run around 2 - 2 1/2 down form your street shoe
*Capezio's depends on the style you buy, they can be 1 - 1 1/2 sizes down, sames as street shoe or 1/2 - 1 size up from street shoe
*Sansha's can run 1/2 size larger
*Grishko's uses a different sizing system all together

In pointe shoes:
*Capezio's go down 2 - 3 sizes (depending on the style)
*Freed's go down 3 - 3 1/2 sizes
*Bloch's go down 3 - 3 1/2 sizes
*Sansha's go up 1/2 - 1 size


All of these fitting guidelines are just a suggestion, each individual foot is different and should be professionally fitted.
You need to have them fitted at a dance shop so you know what size is right for you depending on the brand and the style shoe you are wanting to buy.

Answer 5

Hi, My normal shoe size is 6-7, but my ballet shoes are size 8.

Answer 6

Every style of shoe runs differently. Some run big, other's small, and yet some are the same size as your street shose. I wear 7s normally, but my ballet slippers are 4.5, while my friend's is a 7 and she wears 6s. There is really no normal run size for any dance shoee.

Answer 7

For an adult you need to buy a soft leather or satin ballet shoe the same size as your regular shoe size. Any smaller and they will hurt when your feet swell slightly when they get warm whilst dancing. Any bigger and they will just fall off. Children sometimes have a size larger to allow for growth.

If you are talking about pointe shoes they have their own sizes and width fittings and these vary slightly from make to make. Pointe shoes should only be fitted by a qualified fitter from a ballet shop, unless you want to damage your feet!!!

Answer 8

my street shoe size is 81/2 but I wear a 4C in ballet shoes so it really is dependant on which brand, shoe and other things. I would reccommend going to a shop and trying on shoes for the first time so that you can find your size, then you can order them online so that it is cheaper.

Answer 9

well the brand should tell u what size up or down u should go

mine are about 1/2 to a whole size bigger than my street shoes

Answer 10

I found an article at Pampos Dance that said that they run a size smaller than your normal size. http://www.pampos.com/Ballet-Shoes.html